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Three people were arrested at the Portland International Airport on Oct. 23 in connection with a credit card fraud case that yielded more than 200 seized counterfeit credit cards, gift cards, driver's licenses and other items, according to Beaverton police.
(Beaverton Police Department)

Tips from Beaverton-area retailers soon led to the arrest of three
people from California linked to more than 200 seized counterfeit credit
cards, gift cards, driver's licenses and other items, according to
Beaverton police.

The suspects, Daviel M. Brown, 28, of Oakland,
Calif.; Robert L. Brown, 35, of Oakland, Calif.; and Blake Littles, 23,
of Pixley, Calif., were arrested at Portland International Airport on
Oct. 23 after an investigation that included Beaverton officers, the
U.S. Secret Service and Port of Portland police, said Officer Mike Rowe,
a Beaverton police spokesman.

Authorities searched their vehicle
and seized the cards and licenses as well as $5,000 and merchandise
bought from Portland-area stores, Rowe said. Also discovered was a
credit card embosser, an electronic credit card encoder and a card
tipping machine.

A Best Buy store on Southwest Cascade Avenue in
Beaverton alerted police on Oct. 21 of a purchase made with counterfeit
credit cards, Rowe said. A local Nordstrom store also helped in the
investigation, he said.

Rowe said he did not know how many
businesses were hit, how much in alleged fraudulent purchases the three
made or how long the operation lasted.

The trio were booked into the
Washington County Jail. Daviel Brown faces identity theft, theft,
aggravated identity theft and possession of a forgery device charges.
Robert Brown and Littles face identity theft charges.

Daviel and Robert Brown are also being held on outstanding felony warrants from California on similar charges, Rowe said.